Article Explains Why CEOs Make More
A recent article by Dave Johnson on Salon.com explains why corporate CEOs make as much 300 times more than their employees.
Contract ratification
We had a great turn out with 70.2% of our members that voted in favor of the tentative agreement.
Thank you to all our members that took the time to vote!
The Beaverton School Board approved the contract at it's June 16th Board meeting.
Teacher Contract Negotiations Update
On Thursday, June 19 at about 2 a.m. the Teachers' PNC and the District signed a memorandum of agreement pursuant to the expiring Teachers' Contract. This memorandum is subject to ratification by teacher members and the Board of Education.
Summer Slide
Summertime…and the living is easy…
Right now, much of the talk in faculty and grade level meetings is about summer slide (at least on the elementary levels). But students aren’t the only ones to suffer from summer slide. Teachers and staff can suffer, too!
LFT responds to Gov. Jindal’s PARCC announcement
(Baton Rouge – June 18, 2014) Sticking to a vow he’s made for weeks. Gov. Bobby Jindal today announced that he has signed an executive order withdrawing Louisiana from the test consortium associated with Common Core State Standards. The governor said that his action also removes Louisiana from participation in the Common Core standards.
CUB Recruits New City Employees
Members of the City Union of Baltimore and AFT-Maryland attended an orientation for new city employees June 12th.
CUB used the occasion to inform the new employees of the benefits of CUB membership. Nine employees joined CUB after hearing a presentation by Maxine Holmes, CUB Labor Relations Specialist, and Janelle Edmonds, an AFT-Maryland Organizer.
CUB conducts outreach and recruitment efforts every month to inform employees of the benefits of union membership.
6/18/14
Teachers Rally to Protest Evaluation Changes
Members of the Baltimore Teachers Union (BTU), national education advocates, and union leaders rallied at the administrative offices of the Baltimore
MHFT Newsletter -- June 16, 2014
HAPPY SUMMER!
We hope that you have started your summer vacation and that you enjoy your time off to relax and recharge. Thank you for taking a few minutes to get caught up with MHFT!
JUNE 10 BOARD MEETING UPDATE
A big thank you to all of our unit members who were able to join us at the June 10 board meeting. The board unanimously approved our contract modifications for 2014-2015. We also want to thank our negotiations team for all of their hard work, time and talent this spring, which led to a successful ratification! We look forward to further improvements in our contract when we reopen our contract in January 2015.
New UW Personnel Systems
In the 2011 state budget, the UW System and UW-Madison were ordered to create new personnel systems for over 40,000 employees currently serving under the state’s civil service system: one system for UW-Madison employees, and another system for employees at all other UW System institutions.
UW Classified Staff Governance Chairs
Six Supreme Court Decisions to Watch in June
Harris v. Quinn: An under-the-radar labor case with potentially huge consequences, Harris v. Quinn could decide the future of public sector unions.
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